Raheem Sterling made headlines with his £49m transfer fee from Liverpool to Manchester City, but where does he rank in the most expensive football transfer fees of all time?

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Raheem Sterling in Champions League action for Manchester City

But looking back on his Liverpool exit, Sterling told BBC’s The Premier League Show: “I remember saying to my agent; by the time I’m 22, if I haven’t won anything at that time and if I’m not playing in the biggest competitions then I really need to asses my options.

“You want to make sure you are playing at the highest level and the best level.

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Raheem Sterling has no regrets about leaving Manchester City

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Raheem Sterling is enjoying life under Pep Guardiola (pictured)

I’ve always loved Liverpool and they are a massive team and a great team that helped my development

Raheem Sterling

"I’ve always loved Liverpool and they are a massive team and a great team that helped my development.

"I had no big issues there at all, with the fans or anything like that so it wasn’t really the way I would have liked to have gone."

Sterling will be hoping to help City round off a great week with victory at home to Middlesbrough on Saturday (3pm).